According to the "carpentered-world hypothesis":
A)people in nonindustrialized, rural countries are more susceptible to the Müller-Lyer illusion because of their lack of experience with right angles.
B)people in urban environments and developed countries are more susceptible to the Müller-Lyer illusion because of their experience with right angles.
C)because perceptual principles are shared by people all over the world, all humans are equally susceptible to the same perceptual illusions.
D)in some societies, perceptual illusions simply do not exist.

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The carpentered-world hypothesis suggests that people who live in urban, developed environments, where right angles are commonplace, are more susceptible to the Müller-Lyer illusion. This is because their perceptual systems have become attuned to interpreting angles as indicating depth and distance in such environments.

According to the "Carpentered-World Hypothesis